Famous Virginians

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Who was the first African American to win tennis singles championship and was also an author and eloquent spokesman for social change?

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Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

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Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights for African Americans and played a key role in the Brown V. Board of Education decision?

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Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

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Who was a Virginia governor who was the first African American to be elected as a state governor in the United States?

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L. Douglas Wilder

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Who was a Virginia governor known for a “Pay as You Go” policy for road improvements, modernized Virginia state government, and led a Massive Resistance movement against the desegregation of public schools?

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Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

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Who was the first African-American woman to establish a bank and become a bank president?

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Maggie L. Walker

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Who was a Virginia governor who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in state government than previous governors?

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A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

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In 1951, a 16-year-old high school junior in Farmville, Virginia, led a student strike against segregation. Who was it?

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Barbara Johns

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In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional, what was the result of that decision?

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All public schools were ordered to desegregate

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Use the picture to answer the questions above.

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They helped Northern Virginia and the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region to grow in the late 20th century

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The United States Constitution was amended in 1920 to give women the right to-

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